Kyoto.
The Zen'in clan estate.
A young man stood before a mirror in silence.
Beneath his messy blond hair was a face both sharp and cold. There was none of the gentle restraint one usually associated with Eastern features; instead, his eyes and brows carried an inborn arrogance and wicked edge.
Arrogant.
Harsh.
Haughtily superior.
That was Naoya Zen'in.
As the Zen'in clan's designated next head among the Big Three Sorcerer Families, he had displayed prodigious talent since his school days, and by the age of twenty-seven had already risen to the rank of special grade-one sorcerer. He was one of the blessed elite standing at the pinnacle of the jujutsu world.
And also the thoroughly rotten villain who made countless people grit their teeth in hatred—a man so bad to the core that there was not even the slightest room for redemption.
But at this moment, inside this man who had always acted with reckless cruelty and committed every evil imaginable—
someone else had quietly taken his place.
"…I never thought I'd get transmigrated into Jujutsu Kaisen… and on top of that, become the kind of guy who gets casually kicked to death by the protagonists."
The new Naoya Zen'in frowned and stared fixedly at the noble, handsome young man in the mirror, whose gloomy expression looked almost aristocratically beautiful.
Before transmigrating, Jujutsu Kaisen had been one of the most heavily discussed manga online. He had been the kind of diehard fan who knew the plot inside and out, so of course he knew exactly who the man in the mirror—Naoya Zen'in—was.
A mid-story antagonist from the Culling Game arc, Naoya had reached the level of a special grade-one sorcerer, but his actual combat performance was a complete joke. From the moment he appeared, he was basically just a stepping stone, one that practically the entire cast got to use.
And it was not just his strength that fell short. As a person, he had absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Cruel, heartless, arrogant, unscrupulous, abusive toward his younger female cousin, violently misogynistic…
Those were still, arguably, within the acceptable range for a villain.
What truly made every viewer lose it, though, was that Naoya Zen'in possessed an incredibly high-level technique like Projection Sorcery, yet had absolutely none of the oppressive presence a villain should have. In the end, he was kicked to death on the spot like some mangy stray dog by the side of the road.
Projection Sorcery could divide one second into twenty-four frames, and within those twenty-four frames, the user could freely determine their movements so long as they did not violate the laws of physics.
In other words, if you set yourself to perform a standing long jump of two meters in a single frame, then in one second you could complete all twenty-four frames of that motion—basically covering nearly fifty meters in an instant.
A top-tier ability tied to time and space mechanics like that—
and Naoya used it for punching?
The transmigrator had gotten so mad reading that part that he immediately spammed furious comments at Naoya.
If you don't know how to use it, then don't use it at all! Stop disgusting people!
If I were controlling him, then damn it, even using Projection Sorcery to finger-blast people would be better than this scratch-damage punching nonsense!
What he never could have imagined was—
he actually transmigrated.
And he really did become Naoya Zen'in.
The poor bastard completely lost it.
Seriously?
Was he really going to become the Jujutsu world's equivalent of an obscene speed demon, using Projection Sorcery's godlike acceleration to finger people into paralysis?
If it was a woman, fine, maybe he could grit his teeth and do it.
But what about men?
Did Sukuna even have a dick?
Was he supposed to give him a helping hand during the final battle too?
"…Damn it. I seriously want to kill myself right now just so you'd regret it for the rest of your life, you bastard."
Naoya glared viciously at his reflection, yet the expression in the mirror remained as indifferent and disdainful as ever—still looking down on the whole world with the same insufferable ease.
And the curse he had originally wanted to spit out was forcibly reshaped by that flippant voice into something more fitting, muttered in a perfect Kyoto accent—
"This is so boring it makes me want to hang myself."
That was right.
And to make things even worse—
his system had inherited the same useless bloodline as those trashy Ciweimao novels.
[Speech failed!]
[Your statement violated Naoya Zen'in's character settings!]
[To prevent fate from correcting itself, the system has automatically altered your words to fit the character!]
That was right, kids.
The heavens were still after him here too.
If he wanted to avoid being eroded by fate, then he had no choice but to strictly play the role of this utterly irredeemable villain.
Otherwise, the original owner's soul would reclaim the body—
and the transmigrator's soul would be completely annihilated.
[Pretty Boy of Countless Charms — Gold Rank]
[As the next-generation head of the Zen'in clan, one of the Big Three Sorcerer Families, your personality may be utterly rotten, but you possess an incomparably handsome face and an air of innate nobility.]
[Effect: Greatly increases Charm. Factions aligned with the [Nobility] camp gain increased favorability toward you.]
[Sigma Male — Gold Rank]
[You dislike women, especially those self-important, insufferable girls. You will never fall into a woman's trap. Your clothing and hairstyle must always remain neat and immaculate. Merely witnessing ugly, vulgar behavior fills you with contempt and disgust from the depths of your heart.]
[Effect: Greatly increases the precision of your cursed techniques. Your casting motions become extremely difficult to interrupt. Your favorability toward any [Female] target drops drastically.]
[Villain Fated to Die — Prism Rank]
[Geniuses are lonely and arrogant. You are utterly incapable of tolerating fools, women, or idiots. Your worship of talent above all else spills out into overwhelming conceit, and it also ensures that you will meet the predestined death of a villain.]
[Effect: Your alignment is locked to [Chaotic Evil]. Your mental resistance reaches a transcendent level. No form of moral coercion can influence your actions.]
[…]
With a casual glance at the character panel, Naoya found that his settings were absurdly luxurious.
Traits that were merely aspects of his personality could directly enhance his jujutsu abilities and noticeably strengthen him.
And those nearly pathological mental problems had also been inherited by the transmigrated Naoya.
With nothing more than a brief lapse in thought, he found himself putting an earring into his ear by pure instinct.
That had been exactly the kind of accessory he hated most before transmigrating.
It always felt flashy to him—like something a lowlife thug would wear.
And yet now, seeing it in the mirror, Naoya suddenly found that black stud strangely sexy and stylish.
Not thug-like.
Villainous young master-like.
If not for the head of blond hair that practically screamed NTR protagonist, he might even have thought, Damn, this is basically just me.
Heh.
A "don't laugh" challenge, huh? Interesting.
"Young Master Naoya, th-the meeting is about to begin…"
A servant knocked timidly on the door, their voice full of fear and deference.
Just from that tone alone, it was easy to tell how enormous the psychological pressure of urging Naoya Zen'in along must have been for this cowardly servant.
"Got it."
Naoya adjusted the haori draped over his shoulders, cast one last glance at the elegant, wickedly handsome blond man in the mirror, and could not help muttering to himself—
"Just you wait. One of these days, I'm going to make that pretentious Kyoto accent of yours turn into clean standard Mandarin…"
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